The views of people on social media are divided into two groups regarding the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair. Some people are demanding the release of Mohammad Zubair as innocent, while on the other hand, a section is demanding strict action by accusing Zubair of hurting religious sentiments, inciting people. Meanwhile, news agency ANI editor Smita Prakash also tweeted about Mohammad Zubair.
He wrote, ‘According to an article Zubair was a left arm fast bowler, which team and where? Went to Finland, Japan for an onsite meeting, yet nobody knew him at that workplace? Where are software engineers from? As per the article the siblings are not known, who were they before Alt News? Many comments came on this tweet of Smita Prakash. Some people say that in the case of Zubair, the pulse is not black, but the whole pulse is black. Some people have also commented in support of Zubair.
Zubair was a left arm pace bowler as per 1 article, which team & where? Went to Finland, Japan for onsite meetings (article) yet no one knew him at place of work? Software engineer from where? No trace of siblings, 4 of them, again as per the article. Who was he before Alt News?
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) July 4, 2022
Mohammad Zubair is also accused of accepting payments through Razorpay from Pakistan, UAE, Syria, Singapore and Australia. The Delhi Police has also alleged that Alt News’ parent company Pravda Media also received over Rs 2 lakh in foreign funding.
People’s reactions to Smita Prakash’s tweet
@naradii9 wrote, ‘She is a product of ISI. The way Pravda was getting money from Pakistan. The government should take the strictest action. @scottishladki wrote, ‘My little OTT platform mind says… he is an ISI agent.’ @AmitLeliSlayer wrote, there is nothing black in dal, the whole dal is black.
@_sherlocked7 wrote, ‘According to him, he was 25 years old in 2020. According to an article, he was working in HCL in 2008. So, he was 13 in 2008, which means he must have completed his engineering when he was only 11 or 12 years old.’ @HarshaHalasur wrote, ‘Only the passport office can disclose… or PAN card.
Some people also tweeted in support of Zubair. @gautamvarun wrote, ‘Madam has gone after washing hands, seems to have done a lot of damage to madam.’ @sumonseng wrote, ‘Narendra Modi was a chaiwala, why can you prove it? He fought with crocodile, can you prove it? You never questioned it?’ @pankaj171002 wrote, why so much anger against him. To lay the groundwork for setting some tall story.’